A Revised Comprehensive Scientific Commentary of the Special Part of the Criminal Code (KZ-1)

In Slovenian history, the Criminal Code (KZ-1) has never been scientifically commented on in depth in a large research project. To put it mildly, such a si- tuation was unsatisfactory in terms of legal culture. In 2015, such research was finally undertaken in Slovenia and at the end of March 2019, we got the first scientific commentary of the special part of the Criminal Code. The scientific commentary was written by 47 authors and 33 professional assistants and was published in three volumes, with the main editors-in-chief being Katja Filipčič and Damjan Korošcec, both from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law. More than 3,000 pages were written on 291 Criminal Code articles. Since the first edition, four amendments have been adopted, with interventions in sexu- al and commercial criminal law being among the most theoretically and prac- tically demanding. The first of the three books of the Revised Commentary was thus published in March 2023, and two more will follow.

Key words: criminal code, amendment, Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, research, criminal law.